4 volumes (xix, 947, 975 pages, [152] leaves of plates) : 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

v. 1. [From colonial times to the early nineteenth century.] -- v. 2. [From the early nineteenth century to the present.] -- v. 3. Industrial and institutional records. Family and personal records -- v. 4. Family and personal records

v. 1. [From colonial times to the early nineteenth century.] The land and the traders ; The settlement of Connecticut ; The basis of government ; Expansion and conflict ; The economic order ; Saints and sinners ; Educational institutions and intellectual development ; The legend of liberty ; The frontier, 1690-1739 ; The religious dissent ; Connecticut in the war years, 1739-1763 ; The period of protest and petition ; Connecticut in the Revolution ; The aftermath of war ; Federalism at high tide ; The Jeffersonian challenge ; An era of political transition, 1817-1827 ; The Jacksonian impression ; The ingenious Yankee ; Social changes, early nineteenth century -- v. 2. [From the early nineteenth century to the present.] Education and intellectual development in the early nineteenth century ; The rise of the Republican Party ; The Civil conflict ; The period of readjustment ; The aggregation of capital, banking and insurance ; The power of wealth and industry, railroads and industry ; Agriculture, labor, and the foreign-born ; The growth of the city ; Republican years ; Citizen and soldier, World War I ; The business man's community ; The New Deal in Connecticut -- Addendum. The home front in World War II ; Connecticut after the war ; The challenge at mid-century ; The middle way ; "The middle of the road" ; A measure of reform ; The current scene -- v. 3. Industrial and institutional records. Family and personal records -- v. 4. Family and personal records

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